Cathedral Connects

Whenever a group of people is facing oppression, there's a temptation to see it as their problem to fix: Racism is a problem for Blacks, homophobia is a problem for the LGBTQ+ community, antisemitism is a problem for Jews.    

On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we’re thinking of writer James Baldwin, who in 1967 sketched out a dream of a world where people have the courage to “create ourselves without finding it necessary to create an enemy.”

Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me.” Here in America, awash in firearms and an epidemic of mental illness, too often it’s the little children who suffer.  

Our prayers today are with the family of former Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold III, who entered into eternal rest earlier today.

Our Jewish brothers and sisters are on high alert amid reports that antisemitic white nationalists are planning to target Jews and Jewish institutions on Saturday as part of a nationwide "Day of Hate."  

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”